Hoof-pad holder.



ivi h1 un PATENTED PEB. 11, 1,908.

\ A. M. SMITH'.

HOOP PAD HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1, 19o?.

ADAM M. SMITH, OF WHITEWA'IER, WISCONSIN.

ROOF-PAD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Appiiaaon ned May 1,1907. saai No. 371.332.

4 tion.

My invention relates to improvements in hoof pad holders for retaining amedicated ormoist pad in contact with the bottom of a horses hoof wheniniiamed or sore for the purpose of cooling the same or removingirritation therefrom, and it pertains more especially among other thingsto the means for adjusting the pad holder forhoofs of different sizesand for securing the holder in connection with a hoof wherebya padholder of a given size may be readily adjusted to fit a great variety ofsizes of hoofs, and the necessity of manufacturing a large number ofdifferent sizes of pad holders for vdifferent sizes of hoofs is therebyavoided.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which,

Figure l is a bottom view thereof, and Fig. 2 is an end view thereof inconnection with the hoof of a horse.

Like parts are identified by the same ref` connected together at one endby'a pin or rivet O and the two opposing edges of the members A and Bare slidably connected together near their centers by the screw Doperating in the slot E. The lower end of t e screw D has screw threadedbearings in the member B, while its opposite end extends through theslot E'. To facilitate in adjusting the members A and B at variousdistances apart as may be required to adapt the device to horses hoofsof different sizes I provide the member B with a plurality of screwthreaded apertures A for the reception of `the screw D. Thus it isobvious that when i ably connected at its respective ends to therespective members A and B by the screws G, G, which screws are providedwith screw threaded bearings in said members. To provide for changingthe adjustment of said bow-spring in relation to said members A and B, Ihave provided each of said members with a plurality of screw threadedapertures J, J, whereby it is obvious that when desirous to adjust themembers A and B for a larger hoof the screws G are removed from theapertures in which they are` shown as being connected and connected withthe members in one of the other apertures J, J.

The members A and B are each provided with laterally projecting lugs I,I which are adapted to be inserted between the respective sidesof ahorses shoe K and the hoof L of a horse, as shown in Fig. 2, while themember A is provided with a forward projection H which is adapted to beinserted between the toe or front of the shoe and the horses hoof,whereby the holder is securely retained in place beneath the horseshoof. The lugs I and I are curved downwardly from their outer endswhereby a space is formed between the members A and B and the bottom ofthe hoof L for the reception of a pad M as shown in Fig. 2. Preparatoryto inserting the pad holder the respective members A and B arecompressed together so that the lugs I, I, may enter beneath the oposing edges of a shoe. They are then forced outwardly in the positionindicated in Fig. 2 when they are retained in place by the resilientaction of the bow-spring F.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,

1. A hoof pad holder of the class described comprising two membersprovided with lat- .erally projecting lugs and means for pivotallyconnecting togethersaid members at one end, one of said members beingprovided with a plurality of apertures for the reception of a connectingscrew, a screw rigidly afxed at one end in one of said apertures theopposite member being provided with an elongated slot for the receptionof said screw, and a bow spring connected at its respective ends withsaid pivotally connected members.

2. A hoof pad holder of the class described comprising two membersprovided with laterally projecting lugs and means for pivotallyconnecting together said members at one end, one of said members beingprovided with a plurality of apertures for the reception of a Intestimony whereof I affix my signature connecting screw7 a screw rigidlyaffixed .at in the presence of two witnesses. one end 1n one of saidapertures, the opposite ADAM M SMITH member being provided with anelongated slot for the reception of said screw, and a bow Witnesses:

spring adjustably connected at its respective JAS. B. ERWIN, ends withsaid pivotally connected members. M. M. SCHULZ.

